Freshwater Stingrays
G'day
Figure there would be some fish keepers on the site, I have found over the years that the two hobbies tend too overlap at times.
I have been keeping and breeding stingrays for the last 5 years. Started out with just regular Motoro's and went from there. At the moment I have 4x (1m 3F) hybrid rays - Mantilla X Motoro X Leopoldi. Really enjoy the hybrids as they morph and change a lot as they mature. Always interesting to see pups change as they grow, picking a winner out of a group of pups can be challenging and it takes a keen eye to spot potential at a young age.
FW Rays are a lot more maintenance then your average aquarium fish - their prehistoric digestive/metabolic system produces a lot of waste ammonia - filtration needs to be top notch and they can be particularly sensitive to poor water quality.
This is my boy, currently just shy of 12months old and about 25cm across the disk. Should be a great breeding stud. His claspers have just started to roll (sign of maturity) and should be fully mature in the next 6 months time. Still has some morphing left in him.
Some pics of the girls -
and some of the girls -
Hutch
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Thats awesome, do you keep
Thats awesome, do you keep other fish in with them?
Ashen
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Awesome!
Didnt know there was freshwater rays. They look awesome, much better than the nuisance caught out on the ocean!
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
Dale
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Wow they look great.
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meglodon
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Great looking rays
I can't say I have seen anything like that when out netting on a Wednesday night in the estuary, the bloody black ones that are the size of kitchen tables scare the beejesus out of me when they are hanging off the net munching on my mullet and get most annoyed when you disturb them.
Noxious
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Hutch - I have 7x Peacock
Hutch - I have 7x Peacock Bass (Cichla monoculus) with the Rays. May cut the size of the school down in the coming months.
Ashen - These rays originate from the Amazon. There is also a 'freshwater' ray from Northern Australia (whip ray) - this Ray moves into FW but also move into brackish, so technically not a true FW ray like mine.
Dale - thanks mate
Hutch
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Peacock bass, that's cool.
Peacock bass, that's cool. I'd be too tempted to put a lure through it if I had a tank like that
TF in DZ
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Cool
Looks really clear how big is your tank.
Tradewind
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Far out, never knew there
Far out, never knew there were smallish FW rays and that people kept them
Amazing, thanks for sharing
Grey Ghost
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They look awesome.
Maybe I should consider converting my unused backyard swimming pool into a "ray tank"
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Noxious
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TF in DZ - Tank is a
TF in DZ - Tank is a 8'x3x2.5. Rays will be moved into an even larger tank as they grow larger. Females max out around 75-80cm across the disk and can weigh 10-15kg.
Tradewind - No worries. They are smallish compared to their big saltwater cousins, but the girls can still get a decent size on them.
kirky79
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Date Joined: 13/01/12
Cool
Great looking Ray's.
Cheers for sharing